Synonyms for forfeit
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : fawr-fit |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈfɔr fɪt |
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Définition of forfeit
Origin :- c.1300, "misdeed," from Old French forfait "crime, punishable offense" (12c.), originally past participle of forfaire "transgress," from for- "outside, beyond" (from Latin foris; see foreign) + faire "to do" (from Latin facere; see factitious). Translating Medieval Latin foris factum. Sense shifted mid-15c. from the crime to the penalty: "something to which the right is lost through a misdeed." As an adjective from late 14c., from Old French forfait.
- noun something given as sacrifice
- verb give up something in sacrifice
- I am a loser also; the forfeit money bequeathed to me is gone.
- Extract from : « Alice, or The Mysteries, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
- Looking at it in the worst light, he has been guilty of nothing to forfeit his right.
- Extract from : « The Channings » by Mrs. Henry Wood
- By persisting in your path, though you forfeit the little you gain the great.
- Extract from : « Essays, First Series » by Ralph Waldo Emerson
- Going to tell her that you will forfeit your passage money and hers?
- Extract from : « Kent Knowles: Quahaug » by Joseph C. Lincoln
- He is jeopardizing all our lives, and his own has been forfeit these years.
- Extract from : « Scaramouche » by Rafael Sabatini
- To lose Macedonia, therefore, is to forfeit the life-secret of nation.
- Extract from : « England and Germany » by Emile Joseph Dillon
- I'll forfeit anything, I'll do anything you like, to make amends.
- Extract from : « Australia Revenged » by Boomerang
- This, of course, he 'd forfeit by accepting a seat in the House.
- Extract from : « Roland Cashel » by Charles James Lever
- I puzzled myself long to think what I could have done to forfeit her favor.
- Extract from : « That Boy Of Norcott's » by Charles James Lever
- In Ireland his life was forfeit, Great Britain counted him renegade and traitor.
- Extract from : « The Wild Geese » by Stanley John Weyman
Antonyms for forfeit
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